KCDKOCHI26 - T04-L02 - How We Herded a Windows Monolith into Kubernetes Without Losing Our Minds

🚀 Scaling the Unscalable: How We Herded a Windows Monolith into Kubernetes Without Losing Our Minds 🎤 Speakers: Abhith M V & Eldho George Software Architect Specialist & Senior Key Expert, Siemens Healthineers 📍 Kubernetes Community Day Kochi 2026 Migrating modern Linux microservices to Kubernetes is standard practice, but what happens when you need to containerize a massive, legacy Windows monolith? It is a notoriously difficult challenge fraught with heavy images, complex dependencies, and unique stateful behaviors. In this session, Abhith M V and Eldho George share their real-world journey and hard-learned lessons from successfully herding an enterprise-scale Windows application into a modern cloud-native ecosystem. Discover practical strategies for overcoming the hurdles of Windows containers, handling registry and file system dependencies, optimizing pod networking, and scaling monolithic workloads without sacrificing stability. This talk provides platform engineers, architects, and DevOps teams with a survival guide for modernizing legacy infrastructure, proving that even the most stubborn enterprise systems can thrive in Kubernetes. About the Speakers Abhith M V (Software Architect Specialist) and Eldho George (Senior Key Expert) are engineering leaders at Siemens Healthineers, driving architectural modernization for mission-critical healthcare applications. With deep expertise in bridging the gap between legacy enterprise systems and cutting-edge cloud-native paradigms, they specialize in complex infrastructure migrations, Kubernetes orchestration, and scalable platform design. Join CNCG Kochi CNCGKOCHI is the official Cloud Native Community Group (CNCG) Kochi chapter. We are a vendor-neutral community focused on Cloud Native technologies, Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, AI Infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, Open Source, and modern infrastructure practices. Join the community: https://ocgroups.dev/cncf/group/kochi 👍 Like, Share and Subscribe for more Kubernetes, Cloud Native, Platform Engineering, Open Source, and modern infrastructure content. #kubernetes #KCDKochi #cloudnative #PlatformEngineering #opensource #WindowsContainers #legacyapp #devops #sre #infrastructure #cncf #KubernetesCommunity #KochiTech #KCD2026